Fleischer Studios, Inc. v. Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

A decree for copyright infringement was entered below, together with an injunction and reference to a master for the purpose of establishing damages and profits. Infringement resulted from the manufacture by the appellants of dolls copying the appellees’ copyrighted book of cartoons, picturing a character called “Betty Boop,” which had been popularized on the motion picture screen. The copyright, the complaint alleges, is for a series of original unpublished cartoons in various poses and expressions of a certain female character having a unique and original face, pouting…